Becoming your parents..

marxcoo

...I had the shocking realisation when I was doing my shopping that I have become my mother. Standing in front of vegetables for a good ten minutes, doing arithmetic in my noggin, and then walking away, smugness radiating from my being because I managed to save 7c. Then making my way over to 'flirt' with the butcher..... the shame.

racso1975

do ya find yourself fancyin your da? Thats a key sign!

marxcoo

racso1975 wrote: »

do ya find yourself fancyin your da? Thats a key sign!

Even my mother doesn't fancy my da... don't be silly.

darragh16

Becoming your mother.... You're not a bloke are ye? Cause that'd be strange enough

bonerm

marxcoo wrote: »

Then making my way over to 'flirt' with the butcher..... the shame.

Nice. Did he offer you a sizable portion?

aujopimur

One night I decided it would be a good idea to set the table for my breakfast, then I thought f**k that and put everything back.

Angron

The butcher; always ready to give you a good deal on sausage.

Ruu_Old

I use coupons, for nearly everything!

Thoie

Have you looked at young wans walking around town and thought "She'll be sorry she wore that when she gets a chill in her kidneys"?

marxcoo

bonerm wrote: »

Nice. Did he offer you a sizable portion?

I asked for chicken.. he gave me one very large sausage.. I was highly confused.

Don Juan DeMagoo

Oh so the butcher now replaces the milkman as the local flirt. I suppose it is a new century and all.

Wait a minute I was in the butchers yesterday and I am a man.... SO WERE ALL THE OTHER CUSTOMERS!!!

Dearest agony aunt.

Does this mean the local butcher is the only gay butcher in the village?
Were we subconsciously flirting with him?

starlit

Going to bed the same time as my mother!

bonerm

marxcoo wrote: »

I asked for chicken.. he gave me one very large sausage.. I was highly confused.

He probably figured you needed more red meat inside ya.

marxcoo

Don Juan DeMagoo wrote: »

Oh so the butcher now replaces the milkman as the local flirt. I suppose it is a new century and all.

I thought people (mammys) always flirted with the butcher. no?

Absurdum

my ma rang me last night for a chat but I was already in bed

ashyle

Found myself becoming my da in the summer, gave out to my friends while setting up a tent and told them "wait in the car, I'll do it myself"

kelle

Years ago, I saw young ones wearing bum pelmets on the street and told my mother it was a disgrace what young ones were wearing these days - if you could call them clothes. Mum was mystified as to what was wrong with the skirts, told me she wore skirts like those in the 60s!
I was 30, mum was 53! I realised I was turning into my grandmother :eek:

Absurdum

Absurdum wrote: »

my ma rang me last night for a chat but I was already in bed

This is a regular occurrence for me Mam is in the pub at a table quiz, texts me for answers, and the next morning I see the texts from 10.30 the night before and realise I was already asleep!

astra2000

When I found my self shouting at the kids "turn off those lights I wont be able to pay the electricity bill" I knew then it was too late I had already turned:(

General General

It's ok as long as you don't start wearing your mother's underwear if you're a guy.

Kimono-Girl

i think once you have kids you most definitely turn into your parents, especially when you finally understand why they said, and did what they did....and you realise you now spend 90% of your day repeating what they told you! :eek:

Sauve

When I give out to younger family members I scare myself with how like my mother I sound.

"If you fall and break your arm don't come running to me!"

"Do you think there are fairies that come out at night and clean up after you?!"

Earthhorse

Why just the other day I made the decision to fuck up a young person's life.

Are ya proud o' me pa?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I'm becoming grumpier and more unreasonable every day, it frightens me how much I'm turning into them

Agent Smith

When you own a stick for stiring paint, You have become your father

Princess Peach

If there ever comes a time when I realise I have become either of my parents I'll...........be very sad indeed.

starbelgrade

I have on a number of occasions found myself checking the radiators in the house to see if they need bleeding. It always reminds me of my oul man & how I used to laugh at him for doing the very same thing.

Conor Bourke

I was peeling spuds a few weeks ago and found myself muttering about the ****e quality of the latest bag I'd bought, waste of money, not going to buy that type again etc... Realised it was word-for-word what I hear Mum saying at least once a month. Shamed

FreudianSlippers

I drive a nice car. Damn, I've turned into my parents.

Glowing

... yes .. when I said 'Oh I must put a wash on, there's great drying out there!'

bonzodog2

Sauvignon82 wrote: »

When I give out to younger family members I scare myself with how like my mother I sound.

"If you fall and break your arm don't come running to me!"

"Do you think there are fairies that come out at night and clean up after you?!"

I think your ma taught you wrong there. It should be:
"If you break both your legs don't come running to me!"

Latchy

When you find yourself singing along to one of your mothers fav tunes ie '' in an irish country home,one evening all alone , said an old man to his litte daughter nell ''

.......Noooooooooooo :eek:

d.anthony

Agent Smith wrote: »

When you own a stick for stiring paint, You have become your father

Can't believe it took 'til the 25th post for someone to say that!

sam34

a few months ago i was driving along and was overtaken dangerously by two young lads... i tutted self-righteously and said out loud (even though i was alone in the car) "is it any wonder they're killed on the roads".... scarily reminiscent of my father!

Boxoffrogs

marxcoo wrote: »

I thought people (mammys) always flirted with the butcher. no?

I don't but that's probably because I look a little like the butcher my Mam used to flirt with, weird that!

The only thing I have in common with my mother is that instead of calling someone by their correct name first time, I have to go through all the names in the family before I arrive at the right one

Bog

I'm finding myself closing opened doors all the time.

The internal debate on when to switch on the heating reached a worrying three weeks this year.

I have no idea what is in the charts at the moment.

Whatever is in the charts just sounds like noise. Music was music back in the day.

I actually own and regularly make use of a pair of slippers.

stovelid

When I say "I'll give you something to cry for in a minute" to a winging child, the circle will be complete.

I also shake my head censoriously when I see young lads in skinny jeans which definitely counts.

Terry

The old man was an alcoholic, so I'm 10% the man he was.
The other 90% of him was a really good person. People sought out his company in the local pubs. 8 years after his death and I still have people I've never met come up and tell me how much they admired him, tell me stories about how he helped them, how he inspired them, how much they loved him and so on.

I hope I never take on those traits. I really ****ing hate people.

foxinsox

When I see young ones wearing skinny jeans (drainpipes) I sigh...

When I see young teens wearing harem pants (MC Hammer pants) I sigh...

Yes, I've officially turned into my mother :rolleyes:

I remember her laughing at me heading out on the tear wearing my bestest white hammer pants...

Oh how she laughed...

At the time I thought she was just jealous...

Now I laugh too...

Do you mean when you, like, go back in time and have sex with your mother, thus becoming your own father?

rainbowdrop

I think I may be turning into my father, and I'm a female:o.

A few weeks ago I found myself on a Sunday morning up early, showered and all ready to go out and mow the lawn at 9am. I didn't want to wake the neighbours so managed to restrain myself until 11am before saying to myself "fuck the neighbours, it's a lovely day, they shouldn't be wasting it in bed" and went out and cut the grass. God be with the days when I'd only be going to bed at 9am on a Sunday morning, not getting up!!

PS - I have a stick for stirring paint and I'v also started telling my daughter 'ssshh' when Nationwide is on:o

Little Acorn

I occasionally start conversations with shopkeepers or people at bus stop with: "terrible weather isn't it"-then wonder why the hell am I pointing out the obvious?!

I find myself using mum sounding things like
"it's a bloody disgrace that's what it is!",-something about the news usually

or "you can't beat the food you cook at home-them chippies are a waste of money" -even though I often eat from and enjoy the chippers.
also--"you can't beat a pot of spuds":o

or "he wouldn't know his arse from his elbow that fella"

or as (I think) somebody else mentioned "there's great drying out"

Also much more likely to look for value for money, but I think that just started when I first moved out on my own and not necessary from mum.

I'm only 23, it can only get worse from here.:pac:

Sticky_Fingers

foxinsox wrote: »

When I see young teens wearing harem pants (MC Hammer pants) I sigh...

Are your thighs too big to fit into them:pac:

I think Abe Simpson said it best:

I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now, what I'm with isn't it, and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me